2 dead, 1 critical in Philly shootings

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say two men have been shot to death in northeastern Philadelphia and a third was critically injured as he was heading into a south Philadelphia drugstore while his 5-year-old son waited in the car.

Police say a 45-year-old man was shot by a man who emerged from another car in the drugstore parking lot shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday. He was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in extremely critical condition. His son was uninjured. Two suspects fled.

Police said a man in his 20s was found shot in the head in the Castor section of the city shortly after midnight and a 46-year-old man was shot in the chest shortly before 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Tacony section. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.